One in all India’s high medal contenders on the World Wrestling Championships and 2024 Paris Olympics bronze medallist, Aman Sehrawat was disqualified from the match on Sunday after he didn’t make weight.
Aman, who received the bronze medal within the 57kg class on the 2024 Paris Olympics, was purported to struggle Vladimir Erogov of North Macedonia within the first spherical however needed to forfeit after he was discovered chubby.
The Indian Categorical has learnt that Aman fell sick within the camp and was having fever. “He couldn’t minimize weight as he was not properly. He had fever evening earlier than and that’s the reason he didn’t go for the weigh in,” his coach Lalit Prasad instructed The Indian Categorical.
The entire Indian contingent had reached Zagreb, Croatia on twenty fifth August to acclimatise for the match and had been a part of the camp. He had sufficient time available to coach however sadly fell sick resulting in the forfeiture of the bout.
With Aman out of the rivalry, Indian hopes depend on former World Championships medallist Antim Panghal within the girls’s 53 kg, Tokyo Olympian Deepak Punia within the males’s 92 kg and Sujeet Kalkal within the males’s 65 kg to ship the products within the match.
Poor present on the primary day
Indian marketing campaign on the World Championships has already began on a poor observe with 4 Indian wrestlers – Udit (61 Kg), Rohit (70 Kg), Mukul Dahiya (86 Kg), and Rajat Ruhal (125 Kg)- dropping within the first spherical.
Among the many 4, Mukul made it to repechage within the 86 kg and can struggle in the present day as his opponent Zahid Valencia reached the ultimate of the 86 kg. He’ll struggle Algerian wrestler Fateh Benferdjallah in the present day.
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Aside from Mukul, Deepak Punia (92 kg), Vikash (74 kg), and Amit (79 kg) can be in motion in the present day.
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